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finish
- /ˈfɪnɪʃ/
Sounds like Finnish (most accents) · Rhymes with -ɪnɪʃ
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Latin fīnis
Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
Latin -iō
Latin fīniō
Old French finirbor.
Middle English finishen
English finish
From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
noun finishes
- An end; the end of anything. Noel meets a cruel finish: "Kid," the government lackey who "protects" the clubs in the tourist belt, shoots Noel dead in an alley for stealing Pining out of the brothel.
- A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces. The car's finish was so shiny and new.
- The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
- A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
- A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal. The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past
- The ending of a match and its structure.
- The stoppage or conclusion of a bout before the scheduled rounds expire, resulting in an immediate victory via knockout (KO), technical knockout (TKO), or submission. Oliveira holds multiple UFC records, notably the most submission wins in the organization's history at 17, most finishes at 21 and most bonuses at 21.
Similar: cessation, close, conclusion, end, ending, endpoint, final, finale, finis, finish, final curtain, halt
verb finishes · finishing · finished · finish
- To complete (something). Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!
- To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar). The furniture was finished in teak veneer.
- To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal. Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.
- To come to an end. We had to leave before the concert had finished.
- To put an end to; to destroy. These rumours could finish your career.
- To reach orgasm. Fucked my cousin in her asshole Before I finish on her tits
- To stop an opponent and end a bout prematurely before the scheduled time limit expires, securing an immediate victory via knockout, technical knockout, or submission.
